R E S U M E
Name Silke Liria Blumbach
Address Bulevardi “Vëllezërit
Frashëri”, 72 (6) – Prizren – Kosova, UNMIK
+381 / 29 /
30-160
+377 / 44 /
310986
+355 / 68 /
2737476
+49 / 177 /
5999684
albtranslation@albtranslation.com
Date of
Birth 13 December 1970
Nationality German
Now Freelance translator
and interpreter
MNB (SW), Prizren: translator and
journalist for PsyOps
Dec.
2000-Dec.2002 Bundeswehr, OpInfo (PsyOps)
Batallion: translator and journalist
Aug.
1999-Dec. 2000 Caritas Federation
Rottenburg-Stuttgart: employee at the Kosova
Information Center (research,
advice, translations, lecturing)
May-August
1999 adm (Agentur für
Dialogmarketing), Mannheim: call agent
March 1999 Stage at the Albanian redaction
of Radio Deutsche Welle
Febr./April
1999 Translation agency Radovani,
Heidelberg: translator and secretary
May-September
1998 Belgian pavillion at the EXPO 98 in
Lisbon: hostess and secretary
Aug.
1997-Apr. 1998 Translation agency ASD
(Ameti Sprachendienst), Heidelberg: translator
and secretary
September
1995 Stage at Dillingen
Steelworks
February
1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville,
France: VIP hostess
April 2003 Consecutive interpretation
(German <-> Albanian) during an interview
with the Kosovar Prime Minister
Bajram Rexhepi
June 2002 Simultaneous interpretation (Albanian
<-> English) at the Kosova
Investors’ Conference in Frankfurt
Feb./March
2002 Interpretation (English,
German, Albanian) for the Mission Rehearsal
Exercise of the US Army in
Hohenfels, Germany, especially
consecutive interpretation (English
-> Albanian) for General Lute
2001 Translation (English
-> Albanian) of a reader about war theory for the
Prishtina Summer University
Nov./Dec.
2000 Interpretation (German
<-> Albanian) at the German-Albanian Business
Days in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden
2000 Computer-assisted
translation (English -> German) of medical and
technical documentation
2000 Interpretation
(German -> Albanian) for AGEF in Stuttgart
November 1999 Simultaneous interpretation (French <-> German) at the
annual meeting of Eirene in Neuwied
1999 Translation
(German -> Albanian) of the Report about the Persecution of Roma in Kosova
by the Society of Threatened Peoples
1999 Simultaneous
interpretation (French <-> German) at the conference of
Church and Peace in Bienenberg,
Switzerland
May 1999 Consecutive interpretation (Albanian ->
German) for the Kosovar President Dr. Ibrahim Rugova during his visit at the
refugee camp in Ingelheim, Germany
January
1998 Interpretation (German,
English -> Albanian) at the European Workers’
Conference in Berlin
1996 Simultaneous
interpretation (French -> German) at the European
Students’ Congress in Liège, Belgium
November 1999 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg: “Diplom” (Masters
Degree) in Interpretation for English; Average mark: 2,2
December 1998 Universiteti i Tiranës: Albanian Language Certificate;
Result: 10 (best mark available)
December 1997 “Diplom” in Interpretation for French, Portuguese,
Development Economy; Average mark: 2,0
1996-1997
Studies
at the Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium
1992-1993
Studies
at the Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1990-1999
Studies
at the Institute for Translation and Interpretation, Ruprecht-
Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Scholarship by the “Studienstiftung des deutschen
Volkes”, a foundation for the support of gifted students
May 1990 Gymnasium Johanneum,
Homburg/Saar: “Abitur” (A-level)
Average mark:
1,0 (best mark available)
Languages German: mother tongue
Albanian,
English, French, Portuguese: working languages
Spanish,
Italian: good communicative skills
Computer
literacy Windows 95 / 98, MS Office
with Word 97 / 2000
Internet,
including some website editing
Translation
software: Trados, Mneme; other software
Literature Only foreign member of the
Albanian Writers’ Association
Member of the
Saranda and Prizren Writers’ Associations
May 1999:
Poetry book “Dyzet vdekje në Sarandë”, Tirana
November 2001: Literary awards at
the “Ditët e Naimit”, Tetovo, and
the “Ditët e Kadri Kadriut”,
Podujeva
October 2002:
Poetry book “Karavela e fundosur”, Tetovo
January 2003:
Literary award at the “Flaka e Janarit”, Gjilan
Volunteering Member of the Albanian Tourism
Club
Cooperation with
the Center for the Protection of Women and Children,
Skënderaj
Listmaster of several
Albanian-related mailing lists
1997-1999: Member, 1998-1999 board member of
the Albanian-German Association “Vatra” in Heidelberg